TINCTURA ACONITI—TINCTURE ACONITE
Made by maceration and percolation of aconite, 100; with alcohol and water to make 1000.
Dose.—Horses and cattle, 20 m. to 1 dr.; sheep and pigs, 10 to 20 m.; dogs, 2 to 10 m.
Fleming’s Tincture (non-official) (79 per cent).
Dose.—Horses and cattle, 8 to 20 m.; dogs, 1⁄2 to 2 m.
ACONITINA—ACONITINE
Not used to any extent in veterinary practice; is very unreliable and varying in strength. Aconitine often contains a considerable proportion of aconite and benzaconine, and so varies in activity, which is a great objection to the use of one of the most powerful drugs known.
Dose.—Horses and cattle, 1⁄30 to 1⁄5 gr.; dogs, 1⁄200 to 1⁄100 gr. subcutaneously.
Actions of aconite, its preparations and derivative are anodynes and sedatives, acting specially on the peripheral endings of the sensory nerves, on the heart and on respiration. Aconite kills by respiratory arrest.
Its physiological actions as a cardiac and respiratory sedative renders it a febrifuge; it is also diaphoretic and diuretic. It is prescribed in acute febrile conditions, and in the earlier stages of acute local inflammation. It is used topically to relieve pain.